Hancock County WV Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Hancock Records by TypeBirth Records (12)Cemetery Records (42) Census Records (27) Church Records (6) City Directories (15) Court Records (11) Death Records (13) Histories and Genealogies (11) Immigration Records (3) Land Records (8) Map Records (19) Marriage Records (15) Military Records (4) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (16) Probate Records (18) School Records (11) Tax Records (1) 
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Overview of Hancock County Records
- Hancock County was created in 1848 from Brooke County.
- Birth records for 1917 and later, marriage records for 1921 and later, and death records for 1917 and later can be obtained from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources .
- The Hancock County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, probate, and land records starting in 1848.
- The Hancock County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.